Treaty

Nuclear Powers Need To Disarm Before It’s Too Late

March 16, 2019 By Conn Hallinan, Fpif.org Resist! Nuclear Power, Treaty

The recent military clash between India and Pakistan underscores the need for the major nuclear powers — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, and France — finally to move toward fulfilling their obligations under the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The Treaty’s purpose was not simply to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, but to serve as a temporary measure until Article VI could take effect: the “cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a Treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.”

Washington Walks Away From Another Treaty

February 2, 2019 Staff, Space4peace.blogspot.com Resist! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Russia, Treaty, Washington DC

Please see this new short video about Washington pulling out of the INF Treaty with Russia. This treaty was signed in 1987 between Reagan and Gorbachev. It banned medium range nuclear weapons from being deployed in Europe. Trump claims that Russia is violating the treaty. The US has been encircling Russia with medium range (nuclear capable) missiles for years. The US pulled out of the ABM Treaty in 2002 which banned so-called ‘missile defense’ deployments and they’ve been on steroids since.

40 Countries Tell US And Russia To Preserve Nuclear Treaty

January 30, 2019 Basel Peace Office. Resist! Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Treaty, Trump

Switzerland - Mayors, parliamentarians, policy experts and civil society representatives from forty countries – mostly Europe and North America – yesterday sent an open letter, the Basel Appeal for Disarmament and Sustainable Security, to Presidents Putin and Trump and to the leaders of the Russian and US legislatures, calling on them to preserve the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, prevent a new nuclear arms race in Europe and undertake measures to reduce the risk of a nuclear conflict and support global nuclear disarmament.

Trump Ends The Nuclear Deal With Iran – What’s Next?

May 9, 2018 Staff, Moonofalabama.org Educate! Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Treaty

Three European countries, Britain, France and Germany, were naive enough to think they could prevent this. The EU3 offered the U.S. to put additional sanctions on Iran for other pretended reason - ballistic missiles and the Iranian engagement in Syria. I was disgusted when I first read of the plan. It was obvious from the beginning that it would only discredit these countries AND fail. Luckily Italy and some eastern European countries shot the effort down at the EU level. They were not willing to sacrifice their credibility over the issue. The nuclear agreement was signed and should be followed by all sides. They pointed out that there was no guarantee from Trump that any additional European effort would change his view. Over the last weeks some last EU3 attempts to influence Trump were made.

Supreme Court: Will US Abide By Treaties With Indigenous?

April 17, 2018 By Monte Mills, Theconversation.com Educate! Indigenous Peoples, Supreme Court, Treaty

On April 18, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Washington v. United States, which pits the state of Washington against the United States and 21 Indian tribes. The main question in the case is narrow – whether the state must quickly replace hundreds of culverts that allow the flow of water under roads but also block salmon migration. Yet the underlying issue is far broader. At stake in the case is the Supreme Court’s ongoing role as the nation’s highest arbiter of justice. Despite immense changes, that role remains grounded in a 229-year-old Constitution premised on the supremacy of federal treaties and individual rights. In previous cases, the Supreme Court upheld the tribes’ rights to fish salmon, spelled out by various treaties entered in the 1850s. But, having insulated those rights from destruction previously, the court must now decide their meaning for the 21st century and beyond.

The Most Important Climate Treaty You’ve Never Heard Of

April 13, 2018 Sabrina Shankman, Insideclimatenews.org Create! Climate Change, Global Warming, Treaty

Raise a hand if you've heard of the Gothenburg Protocol. No? Well, you're in good company. This treaty has been called an "unsung hero" in the fight against air pollution and climate change. It may be unknown in the United States, but it is a landmark international agreement, setting limits on how much black carbon and other pollutants countries can emit. Black carbon, or soot, is seen as a unique danger to the climate because its ability to accelerate warming in the atmosphere is many times stronger than carbon dioxide. It also speeds up the melting of sea ice. This double-whammy is responsible for a half a degree Celsius of warming in the Arctic so far.

Activists Build Small Longhouse Blocking PSE Headquarters

April 9, 2018 Staff, Investorideas.com Resist! Activists, Environment, LNG, Protests, Treaty

April 2, 2018 (Investorideas.com Newswire) As Puget Sound Energy continues to build a Tacoma Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility despite widespread concerns, Native and environmentalist opponents of the project have constructed a small longhouse replica blocking the main entrance to PSE's corporate headquarters in Bellevue early this morning. PSE has not consulted with the Puyallup Tribe (the historical owners of the land), and lacks key permits, including one from the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, which recently ordered that a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement be completed before they would consider the permit. Nevertheless, construction continues. The activists say that they, too, have requested a permit for their structure; they are awaiting approval from the Bellevue Planning Department.

Event Marks Milestone For Fort Laramie Treaty Of 1868

April 3, 2018 Richie Richards, Indianz.com Organize! History, Indigenous Peoples, Treaty

The 150th anniversary of the signing of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 is on April 29, 2018. The tribes of the Oceti Sakowin and surrounding areas are coming together to remember this important historical date in Lakota history.The “Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie” event will take place over four days from April 28 – May 1, 2018 on the Fort Laramie site in Wyoming.This four-day event will offer historical and contemporary education on the effects of the 1868 treaty on the tribal nations and their citizens.As part of the large tribal assembly at next month’s event, the Sicangu Treaty Council hopes to provide some events and services for the descendants of the original signers of the treaty and other honored guests of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate.

Tribal Treaty Rights Dispute Looms On Supreme Court’s Docket

January 18, 2018 Staff, Indianz.com Resist! Indigenous Peoples, Supreme Court, Treaty

The U.S. Supreme Court could soon be delivering another jolt to Indian Country, as another treaty rights case is looming on the horizon. Clayvin Herrera, a citizen of the Crow Tribe, was prosecuted by Wyoming for a hunt that took place in the Bighorn Mountains. He argues that the state lacked jurisdiction because the area, despite being off the reservation, is covered by an 1868 treaty with the federal government. "This case presents an important question of federal law that has divided the lower courts and affects the livelihoods of thousands of Native Americans," Herrera's attorney wrote in petition to the Supreme Court last October. The petition in Herrera v. Wyoming has indeed attracted significant attention. The Crow Tribe is supporting the appeal and so are a group of Indian law professors, along with Crow citizens and experts in Montana.

10 Reasons The US Should Stick With The Iran Nuclear Deal

October 12, 2017 Medea Benjamin, www.codepink.org Resist! Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Treaty, US Imperialism

By Medea Benjamin for CodePink - President Trump is expected to announce this week that he will not recertify that Iran is complying with the 2015 nuclear deal. He will argue, falsely, that the agreement is no longer in the national interest of the United States. The president’s announcement will not end the deal but will pass the buck to Congress. In the next 60 days, Congress could impose new sanctions that would scuttle the deal or it could pass new legislation addressing issues that were never part of the original mandate, which would also effectively kill the agreement. Enough public pressure could keep the agreement intact. Here are 10 good reasons why the US should uphold the deal. President Trump’s claim that Iran is not complying with the conditions of the deal is false. Iran is complying, as certified in eight reports over the past two years by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the entity charged of monitoring the deal. The Trump administration has not produced any evidence that Iran is not holding up its part of the bargain.

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